Sunday, September 17, 2006

The college basketball season is just days away - and so is the return of Bracketology 101. In the next couple days, we will post our pre-season Field of 65, announce our pre-season Final Four picks, and analyze what fans should expect as their teams officially get ready tip-off.

The SEC will be a beast this year. Alabama is being underrated by the pundits. Bama, LSU, & Florida are all Final 4 contenders. Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, & Vandy all figure to make the big dance. ACC/Big East homers will be crying if the SEC gets 7 teams. oh well, let them cry to Dukie V!!!!!!!

i agree that Virginia will make the big dance. They add stud recruits Jamil Tucker & Solomon Tat to that great backcourt lead by Sean Singletary. Plus Dave Leiteo is a very good coach. I think North Carolina is a little overrated. All those burger boy recruits might not mesh into a great team. Roy may have been wiser to recruit more role players & less selfish burger boys.

I think UVA will win cause the new arena will be rocking. Plus Singletary is a much better PG than Shakur. I look for UVA to win rather easily. But you have to give Zona credit for playing a brutal road game in November.

Bill Self finally woke up! How many chances did Chester Giles get? I was wondering if Self was waiting for Giles to kill someone? Bill Self needs to instill some discipline into his shady program. KU fans are going to lose patience with Self while having to watch Roy win multiple titles at UNC. I bet Roy wins at least 2 more before he retires.

.... doesnt the idea of a "preseason" (i.e. preseason field of 65 and preseason Final Four picks) mean BEFORE the season starts? Guess these guys are working overtime to read everyone else's selections and watching all the early results to help improve on their mediocre percentage of accurate selections.....

hmmmmm, does this mean people can expect their final 2007 NCAA Tournament Bracket to be posted on Monday, March 18th?

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